Heyyyy! Another insomnia update, yaaaaay! So here's the sequel! Sorry it's so short, but it's just sort of the intro. Seeing a pattern in the story titles?
Zoey clung to Tee. Desperate for answers, she kept pressing.
"Is Rythian OK?"
A simple shake of the dinosaur's head and Zoey burst into tears. Nilesy came and comforted her, but neither Nilesy nor Teep could calm her tears. Zoey was alone before, but now, she was sure Rythian was gone. Now, despite Tee and Nilesy, she was truly alone.
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Blurred images came to focus.
Reinforced glass on all sides- even the bottom.
So the captured prey could be displayed. Below the entrapment, there was a sign that read:
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO IMPERFECTIONS"
Inside lay the hardly conscious Rythian. He took a moment to look at his reflection in the glass: his hair, normally spiked up so perfectly, was matted, he had no shirt on, and a dark scar running across his chest, and he was a great deal skinnier than he had been. Bits and pieces of what happened floated back to him.
Tee... Tee... why does that name sound so important? What did this 'Tee' guy do? he felt utterly confused. He could remember, faintly, the battle with the Queen. And judging by the scar, an almost fatal blow had been dealt. But what about before the battle? What about the time between then and now? Mostly- where was he?
Nothing.
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Zoey only stopped crying when her eyes could no longer cry. Then she collapsed into a heap of unintelligible sobs. Tee and Nilesy could offer no comfort that would even scratch the surface of Zoey's half-aware consciousness. She just sat there, alone and yet not lonely.